St Andrew's Church, Bebington
| St Andrew's Church, Bebington | |
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St Andrew's Church, Bebington, from the southeast
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| Coordinates: 53°20′53″N 3°00′12″W / 53.3480°N 3.0034°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 333 839 |
| Location | Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Conservative evangelical |
| Website | St Andrew, Bebington |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Andrew |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 27 December 1962 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1847 |
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| Materials | Sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bebington |
| Deanery | Wirral North |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | David Vestergaard (elect) |
| Minister(s) | Rev Dominic Newstead |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | David Jack, Debbi Stott, Ian Halliday, Helen Thomas |
| Churchwarden(s) | Ann Renison, Stuart Waldron |
St Andrew's Church is in the town of Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Raymond Richards considers it to be the finest old parish church in Wirral. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral North.
A church built from local Storeton sandstone was present before the Norman Conquest. Some of the stones from this church are still present in the south wall of the present church. A priest in Bebington was recorded in the Domesday Book. The Saxon church was later replaced by a Norman church. Building of the tower started in 1300 and was completed around 50 years later. The church was remodelled in the 14th century, the south aisle was widened and a three-bay chancel was built. In the 16th century rebuilding started at the east end in Perpendicular style. The chancel and chapels were built but the scheme was interrupted by the Reformation. In 1847 the church was reordered and the north arcade was built in Norman style. More recently the church has been modernised by re-siting the rood screen, removing the choirstalls, installing a kitchen and toilets and creating a crèche and meeting room in the tower.
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